Sándor Simonyi-Semadam
| Sándor Simonyi-Semadam | |
|---|---|
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| Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | |
| In office 15 March 1920 – 19 July 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Károly Huszár |
| Succeeded by | Pál Teleki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 March 1864 Csesznek, Hungary |
| Died | 4 June 1946 (aged 82) Budapest, Hungary |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Political party | KNEP |
| Profession | politician, lawyer |
Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (23 March 1864 – 4 June 1946) was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister for a few months in 1920. He signed the Treaty of Trianon after World War I on 4 June 1920. With this treaty Hungary lost a considerable amount of its area. Simonyi was the member of the Hungarian-Nippon Society, a society for creating cultural links between Japan and Hungary.
After his term as prime minister he was involved in the financial sector. He was a board member of various banks . His daughter, Erzsébet Simonyi-Semadam had a son, Ernő Simonyi, a prominent lawyer, and Károly Simonyi, a nuclear physicist and university professor (father of Charles Simonyi) is raised as an adopted child.
On 4 June 1946, the twenty-sixth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Trianon, Simonyi-Semadam died at his home in Budapest.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Károly Huszár |
Prime Minister of Hungary 1920 |
Succeeded by Pál Teleki |
| Preceded by József Somssich |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Acting 1920 | |
| Preceded by Ödön Beniczky |
Minister of the Interior Acting 1920 |
Succeeded by Mihály Dömötör |
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